On Saturday morning we headed up the hill to Montmartre. This is an area with some old windmills (there used to be about 40 on the hilltop, the Moulin Rouge now being the most famous), quaint little streets and old apartments. here is an interesting sculpture in front of one of the apartment blocks:
There is a small market place at the top and quite a few souvenir shops.
As you can see it was pretty foggy up on the hill that morning.
Fran in front of Sacre Couer
We wandered down the hill and caught the metro to the Musee Rodin, Rodin being a famous french sculptor and artist at the turn of the century. The museum collection included some of his most well known works including 'The Thinker' (above) and 'The Kiss' (below) and a temporary exhibition of some of his sketch work.
Having seen the museum, we headed back towards our hotel and checked out some of the big department stores. The Galleries Lafayette have a big gourmet section, so we stocked up on some fresh baguettes, lots of cheese and some red wine, which we took back to the hotel where we had a feast!
Sante!
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